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The Knickerbocker Line written by [Traditional]
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In this Irish setting, the song describes a carter carrying milk from the country into town. He invites a maid onto his cart and woos her on the journey. Many of the words are taken from "The Soor Mulk Cairt", written by Thomas Johnstone in the 1880s for the comedian J.C. MacDonald. That song, in Scots dialect and sung to the tune of "The Garden Where the Praties Grow", had been published in a Glasgow weekly periodical "The Professional and Authors' Journal" which printed many music-hall songs.
A letter from Johnstone's daughter printed in the Weekly Scotsman newspaper on August 6, 1959, explained that her father would travel on a Sunday morning on a sour-milk cart. Sour milk was used for baking bread and there was no urgency in its transportation. A slow paced horse and a warm summer's morning gave the carter plenty of time for flirtation and romance, as described in the song. - Licensing
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Cutting Down the Pines written by [Traditional] English
Cutting Down the Pines written by [Traditional] instrumental
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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i | Double Sledder Lad | Rufus Guinchard | 1982 |
The Knickerbocker Line written by [Traditional] English
The Bigler's Crew written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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The Trip of the Bigler | Stanley Baby | 1964 | |||
The Bigler | Jolly Jack | 1983 | |||
The Bigler's Crew | Lee Murdock | 1989 |
The Dogger Bank written by [Traditional] English
The Station Cook written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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The Station Cook | Burl Ives | February 1953 | |||
The Station Cook | Gary Shearston | June 1965 |
The Lachlan Tigers written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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The Lachlan Tigers | A.L. Lloyd | 1956 | |||
Lachlan Tigers | Gary Shearston | March 1964 | |||
The Lachlan Tigers | Martyn Wyndham Read | April 1966 | |||
Lachlan Tigers | The Bushwackers Band | 1977 | |||
Lachlan Tigers | Cobbers | 1977 | |||
Lachlan Tigers | The Sandsacks | March 2012 |
The Road to Clady written by [Traditional] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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The Road to Clady | Gerry O'Connor and Eithne Ní Uallacháin | 1991 | |||
The Road to Clady | Ruth Keggin | February 15, 2014 | |||
The Road to Clady | Craobh Rua | 2014 |
Arkle written by Dominic Behan English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Arkle | Dominic Behan | April 1965 | First release | ||
Arkle | Seamus Kennedy | 2005 |
Bachgen Bach o Dincer written by Thomas Parry, [Traditional] Welsh
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Meredydd Evans | 1954 | First release | ||
Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Helen Wyn | 1965 | |||
Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Swyn | 1975 | |||
Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Yr Hwntws | 1982 | |||
Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Siwsann George | September 1994 | |||
Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Never Mind the Bocs | 2004 | |||
Bachgen Bach o Dincar | Cerys Matthews | June 21, 2010 |
Bachgen Bach o Dincer written by Jenny Sorrenti, Marcello Vento Multiple languages
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Jenny Sorrenti | May 2009 | First release |